Buford-- I hope that now that the neighbors affected rose bush is gone that you will be free from RRD. Seems like the county should help you dig and move those roses!? Great to see you again! Mendicino Rose-- Great to see you again. How is your lovely garden? Seil--Thanks! Hi Gean-- Alabama to the Puget Sound--that's a change, eh?! My last two big losses--both of which broke my spirit--were the loss of my huge blush Noisette and the Duchess de Brabant. I believed that the Duchess I had might have been one of the best specimens around, as the roses were perfect in form with the blooms being more upright instead of drooping. That was something that came with age and size, and was worth the wait. Man, I loved her. She resisted RRD for a long time. She eventually had one cane with RRD that I cut to the ground but two years later I found a very central cane that had it very bad. There was no way to get to and remove that cane without destroying the whole bush. Being that it was in the center I did not think the other branches would survive unaffected so we dug the whole thing. It took forever. Yep, I cried through the whole thing. After two years of pretty much a blank slate of a yard, I think I may attempt to grow roses again. Maybe smaller plants will be less susceptible. Maybe the high season for RRD has passed my area. I was here for years without one attack..maybe I can get a few more years in. I can only hope we find roses that resist it to a certain extent that I can add and watch. Its nice to see familiar names and to know that others are still plugging along in roseland. :o)

Babka, you had me roaring with laughter painting that image! LOL. Regardless, you have beautiful surroundings, from every angle! LOL It was a treat to see some of your plants (white pots) and the way you had them displayed. It looked lovely....and I understand why you would remove the pics after a time. Thanks for coming back to reply. :-) Mocc, I really appreciate it, but I don't want you to feel put upon. Relax, enjoy your week-end! Have a great week-end, All! Jo

Thanks, Wildchild for the invitation. I work out of town four days a week and have been doing so since February. This was when I started losing weight. Prior to this I worked at home and had WAY too much refrigerator access. While I am here I walk in the mornings before work between 45 minute and an hour and do a light weight work out. At home I am able to do a longer weight work out. I just use dumbbells. I have no scale access while I'm out of town so I don't weigh while I'm here. I find that if I don't get enough sleep I don't lose weight. Today I had grocery store sushi for lunch, I wish I had any kind of idea about the calorie count is in this stuff! I had a few fresh figs for dessert. Lots of water all day. I still have at least 50 pounds to lose. Seems like a long long journey sometimes. I really want to be thin right now! I didn't have any patience with WW, I hate sitting still for meetings! And I don't have the fortitude to go back several times and check out the different meeting leaders to see if one suits me better than another. One thing I have noticed about the WW (and many others as well) frozen meals is that the sodium content is rather high. I have just eliminated cookies, chips, crackers, bread and butter, and all fried foods, as well as ice cream. More vegies and fresh fruit and smaller portions. More exercise. So far so good. BarnMom

nikthegreek, I am sorry. I try to translate what you have written with Google translator but I can not understand the question. Sorry to not speak English. I'm not sure what you're asking. Tell me that even if there have not sprouted roots of the rose variety the bush will grow its base with more shoots? Well, I do not know how to respond to this. My rose bushes quickly emit roots of the rose variety. The stems that come from the soil are not suckers, they do not leave the rootstock. They leave the rosewood variety. My pretension (because I like aesthetically and because neither my climate nor my soil I believe that make necessary to grow roses with rootstocks) is that, the base is wider. I aesthetically like a rose like that. If I had problems with my nematodes in my soil, or my frost was very deep, so as to specify some varieties of rose that grow in rootstocks ... Then I would consider this system. But is not the case. I can not find any reason to grow my roses in rootstocks (I repeat, with my climate and with my soil). On the contrary I am enthusiastic about the rose bushes with many stems from below and on the contrary I find horrible and artificial shrubs that all its structure leaves a single point on the ground. Also, I think they are more unstable when the wind blows. I do not know if I understood your question well. If not, I beg you to formulate it again. I will try to translate with Google .